The Fair Sex

Interview by Jan-Erik Nyman

Hi there! You'll soon release a "best of" album entitled "The Dark Ages"
through Van Richter Records, so how did the idea for this get born? Why
did you decide that now is a good time to release yet another best of
album?

We wanted to release it years ago through Van Richter. Now the label has
decided to release it. They also wanted two brand new tracks to go along
with the old out of print material from Last Chance

You have previously (and that long ago) also released two best of
albums, "Thin Walls ? Part I" and "Thin Walls ? Part II". Why so many
best of albums?

Those other titles were through Endless. The Dark Ages was planned long
before and unlike those two titles is a double disc and contains two new
singles a cover of T-Rex's song "Children Of The Revolution" and the
song "Beautiful Nightmare: The Number One"

Did you find it difficult to choose which songs to include on "The Dark
Ages" or did it come more or less naturally? Was everybody in the band
involved in the process of picking out the songs?

No the Last Chance song catalogue was given to Van Richter who picked
the tracks and also did great artwork for the package.

Have you re-recorded any of the old material for this release, or have
you just left it in its original form?

They were given in original form. However Van Richter had them all re
mastered so the sound quality is much better now.

On the album there is also to new previously unreleased tracks, a cover
on T-Rex's song "Children Of The Revolution" and the song "Beautiful
Nightmare: The Number One". Did you record these just for the new album
or are these some songs that were originally meant for some other
release? Why did you want to do a cover on that particular T-Rex song?

The label wanted bonus singles to go with this collection in order to
give something to old and loyal TFS fans. They were also on us for years
to do a cover song so we picked this famous T. Rex track "Children Of
The Revolution" which we relate to well.

You have yet another upcoming release, entitled "Drop Your Anxiety", so
I guess this a hectic time for you guys now, right? Is the album, which
I read will be a remix album will contain songs from earlier albums, in
some way connected to "The Dark Ages" and "the best of" thing you seem
to have going at the moment? When will the album be released by the way?

"Drop Your Anxiety" is a collection of re mixes from our two most
seminal albums, Spell of Joy and Bite Release Bite. Van Richter wanted
something for years that the clubs would embrace after the success of
Not Now, Not Here. Which still gets club play a decade later. This will
be a great club follow up record that will also hopefully make some new
fans.

On the last couple of releases you were on Endless Records, but you've
now returned to Van Richter Records. Was that a conscious decision or
did they just offer the best deal for you? For how many albums is the
deal?

No Van Richter always had two records left to release under contract and
is doing so now. Endless is our own label.

Since you have been active for many years now, what goals do you still
have and what keeps you motivated to continue creating music?

We keep making music because we love it and there are still fans out
there to support us.

Speaking of movies, what kind of movies do you enjoy? Any favourite
movies perhaps?

As you can imagine we enjoy Horror and Science Fiction like The Hell
raiser series, Exorcist etc.

I see that you're going to play live soon with Girls Under Glass. Is
that a part of a larger tour or just a one off show? Are you planning to
do some touring this summer?

We hope to make it a tour. Plans are still in the works. Stay tuned

Any other cool news or other stuff regarding The Fair Sex and the
future? When do you think it will be time to make your first DVD?

We will be working on this through Endless Records

And finally, a classical question. Why did the chicken cross the road?

To get to the other side;-)

The final words are yours.

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